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In their own words: your choices for State Auditor

September 12, 2010 By kgilnack

Opening Remarks

Suzanne Bump

  • BMG: “One reason for running: Passion for making govt work. Was state rep & Gov Patrick's Sec. of Labor. 14 yrs as atty for non-profits. Only candidate with state gov and biz experience. Endorsed by Globe, Salem Eve News, [bunch of the Tabs]. Office can make govt work better. Get value for every tax $ that's spent”
  • Worcester T&G: “Bump says she has a passion for making government work. That;s why she's running. Touts her management of 1,500 employees as labor secretary. Bump is talking about her dual experience in government and the private business world.  'That's what I want to do as state auditor: follow the money.'

Mike Lake

  • BMG: “Lake is Exec Dir of the World Class Cities Partnership @ Northeastern. Still doing the job while a candidate. Lake didn't ask for a leave of absence from NEU.  Auditor's office can save tax dollars. Appted by Prez Clinton to manage day-to-day ops in WH. Was assoc. bank examiner, now ED of WCCP (see above). Auditor's ofc can be more pro-active: Work in partnership w/ managers today — innovation. Families are struggling every day. People of MA need to have better govt. Need auditor to uphold integrity of state govt. “
  • Worcester T&G: “Lake says, and I didn't know this, that he hasn't taken a leave of absence from his job as executive director of World Class Cities Partnership of Northeastern University. He came here from his day job, amazingly.  Says the auditor can do more than anyone else to save the state money. Wants to bring greater efficiency to state government.  Lake says he wants to use best practices, wants to move auditor's office into 21st century.”

 

What will you do that impacts people who are 35 and under?

Suzanne Bump via BMG: “Starting generally … Auditor deals w/ $ spent on behalf of all people. Appropriate access to services. Also make info about govt more accessible: aid understanding and involvement of citizens in govt. We have a crisis of faith in all levels of gov't — esp. federal, but state too. Want to make office vehicle for greater accountability and transparency. My goal is broad and inclusive of all ages and demographic groups.”

Mike Lake via BMG: “I still qualify as a young dem. Economists say that by 2027, 90% of state revs will be spent on health care and pensions. We need someone looking beyond the next election cycle, 20 30 50 years into the future.”

 

How can you best show the public that the next Auditor should be a Democrat and that you're the best Democrat for the job?

Suzanne Bump

  • BMG: “I'm a committed Dem: I want govt to work; needs to be more accountable and transparent. Govt does have duplicative and costly bureaucracies. We're wasting millions on health care. I have record of reforming agencies, which no one else has, R or D”
  • Worcester T&G: “Bump says she's going to maintain her belief in state government, even when running against a GOP candidate.”

Mike Lake

  • BMG: “Every $ we can save is a $ we can invest in other things — health care, schools, etc. Repub candidate will say a D will be the fox guarding the henhouse. But she's got more connection w/ state govt than I do. Herald says I've got independence. I had 5 majors in college. I'm the only Dem who can win.”
  • Worcester T&G:  “Lake says he is a proud Democrat. … Lake is now saying he's more independent than Connaughton and touts his Boston Herald endorsement.”

 

How can Auditor increase access to affordable education?

Suzanne Bump:

  • BMG: “State universities/colleges are part of state, they are audited. The power of auditor's office is in the audit — necessarily backward-looking.”
  • Worcester T&G: “Universities have to have accountability for delivery of services the same as other institutions. The power of the office of auditor is auditing, patterns of spending, you have to look backwards. “

Mike Lake:

  • BMG: “Must address energy costs for public universities; drives up tuition — and fees. Diff btwn Bump and me: Audits are backward-looking, true. We do performance auditing, IT auditing. They are reactive. We should do best practices, performance auditing; monitoring of all state agencies.”
  • Worcester T&G: “he would look at the state's energy costs. He says that energy costs are also big for higher ed. He maintains that financial audits are a “reactive tool.” Wants to be more proactive, do performance management.“

 

What' the single biggest impact of state auditor's office?

Suzanne Bump via BMG: “Health care: We are wasting millions — $74 million in health care frictional costs of unemployment and health care safety net adminstration and transfers, according to IGs. Not just a matter of going after hospitals — going after admin bureaucracies. We're not achieving economies of scale if we could keep people in the same plans.“

Mike Lake via BMG: “Health care is 1/3 of state budget. [that's it, pretty much.]“

 

What sets the candidates apart?

Suzanne Bump

  • Quote from BMG: “My endorsements are many and varied; newspapers, civic groups, Barney Frank, etc. Only candidate that will be able to deliver — look at what I've been able to do in the past.“
  • Impressions from Worcester T&G: “Bump – experienced, authoritative, steady.“

Mike Lake

  • Quote from BMG: “Herald endorsement point to my educational achievements and independence.“
  • Impressions from Worcester T&G: “Lake – fiery, young, creative, more combustible.“

 

Closing remarks

Suzanne Bump via Worcester T&G: “Bump says one of her biggest legislative achievements was reforming the worker's comp system.  Says she “ruffled a lot of feathers doing that,” including the feathers of the insurance industry and the lawyer lobby. In fact, she blames her loss in a state rep years ago to backlash from lawyers over that. “

Mike Lake via Worcester T&G: “Lake sums up: we need a state auditor who stands on the side of taxpayers. He says his two opponents have spent the last few weeks “squabbling over who is the least ethical.” Clearly Lake is after the moderate, young voter.”

 

We should also note that things got a bit heated to the point that Saunter noted the candidates seemed to want “to tear each other's heads” while discussing independence when Mike Lake went on the attack claiming that “Bump and Glodis have conflicts of interest because of their ties to special interests” and proclaimed that “he is the only auditor candidate to denounce Auditor Joe DeNucci's five percent pay raises to employees on his way out the door.” 

According to
the Worcester T&G, “
Bump notes that her position is the same as likely GOP auditor nominee Mary Connaughton's position, She calls Lake's position 'political posturing and pandering.'”  According to BMG, she also claimed that Lake lacks the necessary management experience to do the job of Auditor.

As you can tell from BMG's poll on who's best qualified to be auditor during the live coverage where Bump and Lake each earned 46%, both have a vision for making stage government work better through accountability and transparency, and both bring their own unique background and ideas as to how that will be accomplished.  And as Sautner noted about Guy Glodis's absence during his live coverage, “This is a forum for everyone to watch or read about. It's a shame that he's not here.“

No matter who you're supporting, make sure you get to your polling place on Tuesday, Sept. 14 between 7 AM and 8 PM.

For more information, check out:

  • Forum live coverage from the Worcester T & G
  • Forum live coverage from BMG
  • Worcester T&G article: “Glodis Skips Debate for Auditor”
  • Marry in Massachusetts: “Dem Auditor Would-Bes Did Not Come to Blows”
  • Lovers Muggers and Thieves: Local Boston Blog, Local Boston Politics: “Democrat Candidate Forum for Auditor”
  • Suzanne Bump for Auditor
  • Mike Lake for Auditor
  • Guy Glodis for Auditor

 

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Comments

  1. af says

    September 13, 2010 at 5:19 pm

    • lynpb says

      September 13, 2010 at 8:45 pm

  2. billxi says

    September 13, 2010 at 9:48 pm

    Or nightmares. Remember Scott Brown IS the junior senator from Massachusetts. Massachusetts’ sun does not daily rise and set on the democratic party. I do NOT believe Mike Lake is the only candidate qualified to become Auditor. Kamal Jain and Mary Connaughton are very well qualified to become state Auditor. I urge non-democratic voters to choose a Republican ballot and pick between the two. While you’re at it, please write in James Mckenna for Attorney General. James McKenna 28 Miles St. Millbury MA.  

    • af says

      September 13, 2010 at 10:29 pm

      but they don’t have the attitude about what government service to the people should be that many expect, and Democrats (upper case “D”) do.

  3. briandem says

    September 14, 2010 at 1:56 am

    I know the post is about Bump and Lake. I just want to share my experience with Glodis. He was shaking hands outside our town meeting a few months back.  Here’s how it went.  When a M/F couple walked by, he’d hand the pamphlet to the man and the Guy Glodis emery board to the woman. If that doesn’t say anything compelling about the guy, I listened in as he trashed our state rep to schmooze with a voter. Five minutes later when the rep arrived – all smiles and handshakes. I won’t quote him, but I was appalled at what he had to say. This guy is the lowliest type of Dem that in my opinion will do anything for a vote. He couldn’t distance himself further from being even liberal. Gross… A village somewhere in Arizona is missing its crackpot sherriff.

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